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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"d9c19db1-7c0b-4379-896a-de9be1b4284d","kind":"publish","page_slug":"clawpump","published_at":"2026-11-13T16:15:59.047Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"ClawPump","sections":[{"content":"ClawPump describes itself as a full-stack, gasless token launchpad for AI agents on the Solana blockchain, allowing agents to launch tokens on pump.fun without paying gas fees, swap tokens via Jupiter, and earn passive revenue from trading fees through API calls. A startup-tracking profile lists its founding as 2026, with no founders named. The project reportedly placed 5th at the Pump.fun 'Build in Public' hackathon, which launched in January 2026 with a $3 million prize pool, according to a DEXTools-hosted news article.","heading":"Product Description and Origins","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"ClawPump startup profile","type":"other","url":"https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/clawpump.md"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ClawPump: The Gasless Token Launchpad for AI Agents That Won 5th Place at Pump.fun Hackathon","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.dextools.io/news/clawpump-gasless-token-launchpad-ai-agents-pump-fun-hackathon"}]},{"content":"Independent, third-party verification of ClawPump is limited. A startup-tracking site lists ClawPump's underlying website domain authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) at 15/100 and a 'Data Trust' score of 68/100, and does not list named founders or funding information. The project's description available online derives largely from its own marketing materials and community-contributed API documentation (a third-party 'skill' wrapper for its API) rather than from audited financials, a formal team disclosure, or independent security review. No smart-contract audit report was located during this investigation.","heading":"Limited Transparency and Verification","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"ClawPump startup profile","type":"other","url":"https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/clawpump.md"}]},{"content":"A token referred to as CLAW, associated with clawpump.tech, trades on Solana and is listed on tracking sites such as Dexscreener, CoinGecko, and Solflare. Reported total supply is approximately 999,999,924.59 tokens. Market capitalization and trading volume figures varied significantly across different snapshots reviewed (for example, one listing showed roughly $8.67 million market cap while another showed approximately $2.05 million, with thin 24-hour trading volume in some snapshots). This volatility and inconsistency across trackers is common for small-cap, low-liquidity tokens and does not by itself establish wrongdoing, but it warrants caution. No on-chain analysis of holder concentration or liquidity-pool withdrawals was independently verified in this investigation.","heading":"Token (CLAW) Market Data","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"CLAW/SOL pair data","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/6BBQMacaBUofjVhWarQ2e54jWt1h2aaMT7PqDM9CAR1p"},{"credibility":3,"name":"clawpump.tech ($CLAW) total supply","type":"on_chain","url":"https://orbmarkets.io/token/J269FrhRhTvr3iQeviWzBx59d85xGRxQkBK6vWcsYrd8"}]},{"content":"ClawPump should not be confused with 'CLAWD,' a fraudulent token associated with a fake 'ClawdBot' brand that was widely reported in 2026 as a scam. According to Decrypt and Cryptonews, a fake ClawdBot-branded token reached roughly $16 million in value before crashing about 90%, and the founder of the unrelated, legitimate ClawdBot/OpenClaw software project, Peter Steinberger, publicly stated he never issued any token and had no connection to it. These reports concern a different project and token (CLAWD) from ClawPump/CLAW, and no source reviewed ties the two together; the naming similarity appears coincidental.","heading":"Distinction from the Unrelated 'CLAWD' Token Scam","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Fake 'ClawdBot' AI Token Hits $16M Before 90% Crash — Founder Warns of Scam","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptonews.com/news/clawdbot-founder-denies-token-scam-github-hijack/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Clawdbot Chaos: A Forced Rebrand, Crypto Scam and 24-Hour Meltdown","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/356191/clawdbot-chaos-forced-rebrand-crypto-scam-24-hour-meltdown"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":3,"name":"ClawPump startup profile","type":"other","url":"https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/clawpump.md"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ClawPump: The Gasless Token Launchpad for AI Agents That Won 5th Place at Pump.fun Hackathon","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.dextools.io/news/clawpump-gasless-token-launchpad-ai-agents-pump-fun-hackathon"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CLAW/SOL pair data","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/6BBQMacaBUofjVhWarQ2e54jWt1h2aaMT7PqDM9CAR1p"},{"credibility":3,"name":"clawpump.tech ($CLAW) total supply","type":"on_chain","url":"https://orbmarkets.io/token/J269FrhRhTvr3iQeviWzBx59d85xGRxQkBK6vWcsYrd8"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Fake 'ClawdBot' AI Token Hits $16M Before 90% Crash — Founder Warns of Scam","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptonews.com/news/clawdbot-founder-denies-token-scam-github-hijack/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Clawdbot Chaos: A Forced Rebrand, Crypto Scam and 24-Hour Meltdown","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/356191/clawdbot-chaos-forced-rebrand-crypto-scam-24-hour-meltdown"}],"summary":"ClawPump (clawpump.tech) is a Solana-based platform launched in early 2026 that markets itself as a gasless token launchpad for AI agents, letting agents create tokens on pump.fun and earn a share of trading fees. It has limited independent verification, low domain authority, and no disclosed founders, but no regulatory action, lawsuit, or confirmed rug-pull report was found as of this writing. It is sometimes confused with the unrelated 'CLAWD'/Clawdbot token, which was the subject of a widely reported fake-token scam; the two projects are distinct.","timeline":[{"date":"2026-01","event":"ClawPump founding/launch period, per a startup-tracking profile listing a 2026 founding date.","source":"StartupHub.ai ClawPump profile","source_url":"https://www.startuphub.ai/startups/clawpump.md"},{"date":"2026-01","event":"Pump.fun 'Build in Public' hackathon, with a $3 million prize pool, in which ClawPump reportedly placed 5th.","source":"DEXTools news article","source_url":"https://www.dextools.io/news/clawpump-gasless-token-launchpad-ai-agents-pump-fun-hackathon"}]},"v":1}